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nothing hard but quite a few steps, you need new hand brake cables, brake hoses, caliper, carrier, splash shields and some bolts, heres a guide made by one of our very own members, Drum brake to Disc brake conversion.pdf

hardest part was disconnecting the old drum and getting the parts you need, one word of caution, Mr insurance will want to know and most insurers wont touch brake modifications.

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Ref: stuck drum brakes. Yep, happens in my car all the time. Wash car, put it away, they groan the next morning. Happens in the Jaaaag as well, rear discs notwithstanding.

I would like to meet the man who invented drum brakes, and shake him warmly by the throat.

My 1983 Mini Shi*te, er, I mean Sprite. Drums all round, 1275, 10 inch alloys. Like The Terminator, it absolutely would not stop after you'd washed it. Lesson well learned.

As Dee says, insurers don't like you mucking about with braking systems. Another lesson learned when I changed my R6 Rover Metro from a 1.4 GTa to a 1.8 VVC. 75BHP to 160 BHP we can do, but brake mods? Er.... tell us about it.

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nothing hard but quite a few steps, you need new hand brake cables, brake hoses, caliper, carrier, splash shields and some bolts, heres a guide made by one of our very own members, Drum brake to Disc brake conversion.pdf

hardest part was disconnecting the old drum and getting the parts you need, one word of caution, Mr insurance will want to know and most insurers wont touch brake modifications.

Ah the insurance aspect of this may be the killer here. Insurance is expensive enough as it is but thanks for sending that over mate.

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Ah the insurance aspect of this may be the killer here. Insurance is expensive enough as it is but thanks for sending that over mate.

You could phone and ask them. I done a rear brake conversion on my mk1 focus, phoned up the insurance to declare it and they were not interested. I had used standard ford parts and they did not charge me any extra for the privilege. I also had a print out from the brake rollers to prove they were meeting the correct efficiency too, not that they wanted to see it lol

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I tried loads of places and none were interested , doesn't matter if it's all ford parts and professionally installed. Ended up going to Adrian flux on here. Cost more but I'm insured, I actually wish I'd have known this before. Next time, I'll buy the car I want rather then mod it on.

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I had a Focus with rear drums which had a habit of sticking on at the most inconvenient times.

I could free it off with a kettle of boiling water poured over the offending drum.

This would quite possibly result in water inside the drum itself causing further sticking difficulties, so before parking up, I would drive for a mile or so with the handbrake pulled on to heat up the drum and dry the insides.

Of course if you are parking it up for a while try to leave the handbrake off making sure that it will not roll off!

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I had a Focus with rear drums which had a habit of sticking on at the most inconvenient times.

I could free it off with a kettle of boiling water poured over the offending drum.

This would quite possibly result in water inside the drum itself causing further sticking difficulties, so before parking up, I would drive for a mile or so with the handbrake pulled on to heat up the drum and dry the insides.

Of course if you are parking it up for a while try to leave the handbrake off making sure that it will not roll off!

H T H

ScaniaPBman.

Yeh whenever it rains or the rear brakes get wet I just leave it parked in first gear with the handbrake off. Leaving it in gear seems to stop it rolling off! Just cant believe how much of a common problem is with people and not much has been done to really address it